{"id":960,"date":"2021-06-11T10:48:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T10:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/?p=960"},"modified":"2021-06-11T10:48:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T10:48:59","slug":"lesotho-flying-doctors-give-jabs-in-remote-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/lesotho-flying-doctors-give-jabs-in-remote-areas","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho &#8221;flying&#8221; doctors give jabs in remote areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lethoso Flying Doctors Services are flying to deliver badly needed vaccines to indigenes. It is a still a struggle to vaccinate those in Africa\u2019s remotest parts.<\/p>\n<p>With supply limited, remote settlements, and difficult terrain, the job of delivering vaccines has fallen to doctors traveling by light aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The Lethoso Flying Doctors Services have been delivering jabs to health workers in remote areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adzone-outstream\" class=\"advertising advertising--no-label js-adzone advertising--outstream advertising--called advertising--rendered advertising--empty-slot\" data-google-query-id=\"CN_0g-Gzj_ECFU281Qodd24HIw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6458\/africanews-new\/programs\/news_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Of course the virus will come here, because human beings live here&#8221;, said Kuebunyani resident, Frank Molefi.<\/p>\n<p>This nurse with the Lesotho Flying Doctor Services says she&#8217;s is &#8220;not comfortable&#8221; with the slow pace of the rollout.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not comfortable. Yes, it&#8217;s not fair to everyone, we need to roll out vaccination as fast as possible because this pandemic is killing people&#8221;, Mampho Leleka said.<\/p>\n<p>The Lethoso Flying Doctors Services campaign comes as some world leaders meet at the G7 summit, with vaccine donations expected to be high on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Joe Biden has said he will announce a vaccine plan for the world during the summit.<\/p>\n<p>While more than 2 billion vaccines have been administered across the world, on the African continent just 2% of the population has been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Many countries rely on donations from the World Health Organization&#8217;s COVAX scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lethoso Flying Doctors Services are flying to deliver badly needed vaccines to indigenes. It is a still a struggle to vaccinate those in Africa\u2019s remotest parts. 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